Swedish hypercar creator's daily driver is a Model S, and he really loves it

If you were to take car advice from anyone in the world, the creator of one of the world’s most insane and expensive hypercars might be a good person to turn to.

In this case, it is Christian von Koenigsegg, the Swedish man responsible for Koenigsegg, who says his Tesla Model S daily driver is better than the mighty BMW M5 in every possible way, according to Auto Evolution. Von Koenigsegg, who has owned the Model S since October 2013 and was one of the first people in Sweden to get one, says the Tesla beats the M5 at acceleration, handling and “driving fun games” in a recent video interview from the Electric Car Conference in Helsingborg featured by the Tesla Club of Sweden (sorry, it’s in Swedish).

He says the Tesla Model S is the best car in its price range and he speaks highly of its active and passive safety features, adding that “common people” know very little about electric cars and the only way to spread the word is to get more people to test drive them.

In the video, he also predicts that 80 per cent of all cars worldwide will be electric by 2020, but he worries about how mainstream automakers like BMW and Audi will compete with Tesla.

Koenigsegg, which teased a new creation last week that will debut in Geneva, was previously in the running to buy Saab, a move von Koenigsegg says would have allowed his company to develop and make electric cars.